Arnachalam Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Arnachalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arnachalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Arnachalam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arnachalam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Arnachalam (Marathi: अरनाचलम) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Arnachalam.

How Common Is The Last Name Arnachalam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Arnachalam live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Arnachalam is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa Arnachalam is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 18 percent reside and Malaysia, where 18 percent reside.

Arnachalam Last Name Statistics demography

Arnachalam earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.98% less than the national average, earning R 154,524 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arnachallam955/
Arnachellam8624/
Arnachallan861/
Arnasalam84161/
Arnajalam8444/
Arnajallam8013/
Arnasallam802/
Arnajaliam801/
Arnojalam741/
Arnassalom70281/
Arnasalon63171/
Arnassalon60305/

Arnachalam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arnachalam in the Marathi language
अरनाचलमaranacalama85.71
चलमcalama14.29

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arnachalam
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